Word
Dit is het proces dat we hadden veranderd.
Meaning
This is the process that we had changed.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Dit is het proces dat we hadden veranderd.
zijn
to be
hebben
to have
dit
this (neuter)
veranderen
to change
Questions & Answers about Dit is het proces dat we hadden veranderd.
Why is dat used instead of die for "that"?
Because proces is a het-word (het proces). When referring back to a het-word, we always use the relative pronoun dat. If it were a de-word, we would use die.
Why do the verbs hadden veranderd go to the very end?
The word dat introduces a relative clause (a type of subclause). In Dutch subclauses, all verbs get pushed to the end of the sentence.
Is it possible to change the verb order to ...dat we veranderd hadden?
Yes! When you have an auxiliary verb (hadden) and a past participle (veranderd) at the end of a subclause, you can put them in either order. Both are perfectly correct.
This lesson is about the present passive voice. Is this sentence passive?
No, this sentence is active because the subject (we) is doing the action ("we had changed"). It simply uses a past participle (veranderd) with hadden to form the past perfect tense.
How would I change the second half to the present passive ("...that is being changed")?